Highway SOS: when the pros need the pros

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- When Dawn and Alvis Violo started their new business less than two years ago, the idea was, in Alvis' words, "to become the CAA of trucking."

This doesn’t look like Kansas anymore

OLATHE, Kan. -- Just about a month ago, in the middle of the night and in a scene reminiscent of the Wizard of Oz, a tornado touched down near this little Midwestern city and wrought havoc.

Cops ride shotgun in Topeka

TOPEKA, Kan. -- Even though they might not allow smoking in the cab, they might allow Smokey in. At least they do in Kansas. Radar gun and all.

Shaw, Intermac ink communications solution deal

EVERETT, Wash.-- Intermec, a software company that designs supply chain management systems, has announced that Mississauga, Ont.-based Shaw Tracking, has joined the Intermec Honours Partner Program.

TICO Canada takes Taddeo aboard as chairman

Montreal -- Dominic J. Taddeo has been appointed chairman of TICO Canada Intermodal Equipment Solutions Inc.

German official wants to cap long-haul trucking

BERLIN, Germany -- European politicians are toppling over each other trying to come up with new environmentally conscious regulations for businesses and consumers.

Purolator and Teamsters reach pact

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Purolator Courier Ltd. and its Teamster employees have ratified the collective agreement that the two sides reached at the end of April.

Quat-Row: TodaysTrucking.com wins another KRW

TORONTO -- Amidst frequent Stanley Cup updates from the awards presenters at Toronto's Old Mill Restaurant last night, editors with Newcom Business Media scored a hat-trick, carting home three awards in the annual competition for the best of business journalism in Canada.

Bison teams with OTA for scholarship opportunity

TORONTO -- Bison Transport is partnering with the OTA Education Foundation to sponsor an annual scholarship of up to $1,000 for post-secondary education.

Top carriers’ revenue drops

OTTAWA -- The million-dollar trucking club -- the 3,551 for-hire trucking companies with annual revenue of $1 million or more -- report that in-coming cash was down slightly in the third quarter of 2007.

Brown expands new Ontario logistics hub

BURLINGTON, Ont. -- Less than two years after its grand opening, UPS Canada is expanding its Burlington strategic logistics campus.

A green thumbs up for B.C. bridge project

VANCOUVER -- A portion of B.C.'s Gateway Program was given the green light as an all-important environmental assessment (EA) certificate was issued for the Port Mann/Highway 1 Project.

Livin’ Large: Bodybuilders turn Pete into suite

CAP PELE, N.B. -- Don't let anybody tell you big trucks don't make good RVs.

Bridge work to create more traffic headaches

DETROIT -- Expect more traffic pains on the U.S. side of the Ambassador Bridge until at least the fall.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Trucks no match for ‘Wreckhouse’ winds

PORT Aux BASQUE, Nfld. -- It's not uncommon in these parts to see tractor-trailers take to the air, getting blown clean off the Trans-Canada.